“An overflow of good converts to bad.”
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William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays,[c] 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He has invented over 1700 words some of which are common. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare Looking for the '[First Folio](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362289W/Plays)'?
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“An overflow of good converts to bad.”
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“If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.”
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“If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.”
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“Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.”
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“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”
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“Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.”
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“Farewell, fair cruelty.”
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“When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.”
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“Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.”
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“Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.”
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“There is no darkness but ignorance.”
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“I say there is no darkness but ignorance.”
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“Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.”
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“I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.”
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“And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!”
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“Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.”
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“Death is a fearful thing.”
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“Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.”
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“How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!”
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“There are many events in the womb of time, which will be delivered.”
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